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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that elearning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Northern Cyprus to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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